MEGA CROSSWORD
“THE WAY I SEE IT, IF YOU WANT THE RAINBOW, YOU GOTTA PUT UP WITH THE RAIN.” DOLLY PARTON
ACROSS
1. Aims wrongly 6. Swigged
10. Ceasing to develop 15. Rise (2,2)
18. Height
19. Natural seasoning (3,4) 20. Gâteau
22. Promise 23. Comedian, ... comic (5-2) 24. Seventh planet 25. Guerilla hero, ... Guevara 26. Stealing 28. Overweight 30. Webcast seminar, ... Talk 31. Jewish minister 32. Calls upon 33. Computer input
34. To ... own self be true 35. Unruly youngster 37. Divorce, decree ... 39. Emirate, ... Dhabi 40. Tidy
42. Metal filing tool 45. Overseas
48. Scan
49. Conduit 50. Tenderest 53. Self-esteem 54. Russian mountains 56. Entreats
59. Bumps into 61. Flower, sweet ... 62. Amaze
63. Humour
64. Pallid
65. Warmth
66. CIA foe (1,1,1) 68. Audience member 69. Rib
70. Seinfeld star, Jason ... 71. Illegally obtained (3-6) 72. Barrel 73. Enforcing solitude 74. And so on 76. Percolation
78. Fence jumper 80. Altogether (2,3) 81. Public glare 84. Bestow 85. Twelve-monthly 87. Left-owing
89. At all times 92. Combustible
94. Tacks on
96. Unravel 97. Gradually erode (4,4) 98. Attain
100. Faulty
101. Rotters
104. Revolve
105. Alpine athletes 107. Brazilian music style, ... nova
108. Bowing in respect
112. US potato growing state 113. Intense blaze
115. Flying sortie (3,4) 117. Mayday signal (1,1,1) 118. Chewing gum flavour 120. Nocturnal bird of prey 121. Politically-inspired violence 123. Biological community
125. ... & hers
126. Final straight (4,7) 127. Lout
129. Step ashore 130. Enervate
131. Director, ... Howard
133. Pile 134. Fluctuations, ... & downs 136. Local dialect
137. Flans
140. Conscious (of) 141. Cantonese lunch, yum ... 142. Accounts examiner 146. Lowdown
147. Friends & neighbours 148. Maintains pace (5,2) 152. Hewn (logs)
154. Ink stain
155. Compete
156. Relax, take it ... 157. Castrate
159. Oven control knobs 160. Plant, ... vera 162. Prophet
164. Shine
165. The plebs, ... polloi 167. Great Wall of ...
169. Fools
171. Actor, ... Holm 173. Special (group)
174. Store customer 175. Yellow root vegetables 177. Probability 178. Progress, make ... 179. False courage
180. Status 181. Unnecessarily 182. Tranquillised 183. Ensued
DOWN
1. Large
2. Be quiet!
3. Look like
4. Cruising in neutral 5. Lightly fry 6. Expeditions 7. Diplomat
8. Fussy person (5-5) 9. Tyrant
10. Garden digger 11. Almond-flavoured liqueur 12. Nudist
13. Asinine
14. Elapses, ... by 16. Academy Award
17. West Indies’ ... Rico 20. Supplies food
21. Glory
27. Child’s enchanted tales (5,7) 29. Boxing division 35. Adorn
36. Frizzy 60s do 38. Marriage relative (2-3) 41. Grey
43. On the summit of 44. Warsaw’s nation 46. Skittishly
47. Deluge
51. Goldfish home
52. Filled with delight
55. Hair parasites 56. Miniature flute
57. Main artery 58. Drooping 60. Nobleman
67. Luggage
69. Worked (dough) 72. Cutting utensil
75. Loose hoods 77. Semi-aquatic reptile 79. Pillager
82. Fierce storm 83. Improperly
86. Stop! (nautical) 88. Befuddle
90. Through
91. Cricket score
92. Cooked for
93. Lamb’s mother
94. S African ruling party (1,1,1)
95. Worthless
98. Taunts
99. Refuses to give way 102. Human body study 103. Mar
104. Coerced unfairly
106. Puts off the scent 108. Worldly
109. Vote in again (2-5) 110. Coldness 111. Unwelcome partygoers 114. Illuminated (sports field) 116. In any place 119. Helicopter vane 122. Cormorant
124. Dish, ... mein 125. Residences
128. Smiled brightly 130. Traffic jam 132. Irritating complainers 135. Writer, George Bernard ... 138. Open & honest (5,5) 139. Dismantles (5,5) 141. Headland 143. Underwear
144. Passive
145. Hides
149. Tinted sun visor 150. Chooses (5,3)
151. Less attractive
153. Hurt
158. Bed sheets
161. Rodeo ropes
163. Small earphone 166. Perennial favourite, golden ...
168. Naples is there 170. Profile
172. Modify
173. In a little while 176. Vagrants’ area, ... Row